It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to be learned.

Bargaining is essential to the life of the world; but nobody has ever claimed that it is an ennobling process.

Humor hardens the heart, at least to the point of sanity.

The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.

Personally, I do not believe that it is the duty of any man or woman to write a novel. In nine cases out of ten, there would be greater merit in leaving it unwritten.

The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.